HARGEISA The authorities of Somalia's break away region of Somaliland on Thursday suspended flights of air Djibouti from Somaliland airports, the aviation minister announced.
"Following complains from citizens in Hargeisa about the Air Djibouti's lack of functioning Air conditioner. We made investigation as we found that the planes used by the company were not appropriate ones" Somaliland's aviation minister Mohamud Hashi Abdi told reporters in Hargeisa.
"So today we declare that Somaliland government suspended Air Djibouti from operating in local airports until they fix the technical problems facing their planes" he added.
The aviation ministry also fined the local staff of Air Djibouti in Somaliland but the authorities did not take back license from the company, the aviation minister confirmed.
"This concerns the safety of our people if we do not take it serious". The aviation minister replied when asked if Somaliland had other reasons for the company's suspension.
There are no comments from the management of the company.
Air Djibouti, the national airline of Djibouti had at least seven flights inside Somalia each week including Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.
The company's fleet consisted of Airbus A310 aircrafts but had been using small jets for inside Somalia flights.
RBC Radio
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